Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Barry

In South Florida, we have industrial cockroaches that have to be equipped with loud warning beepers so you can get out of their way when they back up.

Dave Barry

I've been checking with people back in South Florida to see if Hurricane Dennis is going to whack my house, and the consensus of the experts seems to be: No, it will not, unless it does, in which case, yes. So I'm feeling really calm over here in London.

David Talbot

While I'm critical to the Bush presidency, it's been enormously beneficial for Salon because we're seen as kind of an aggressive watchdog on the Bush White House. Particularly since Florida, our readership hit a whole new level, and we held onto those readers.

Mike Schnur

We did nothing differently this week than we did last week. But as they get further away from the Florida trip, they're less tired.

John Anderson

We're not going to play differently because it's Florida State. We're going to be a team that's going to steal; we're going to put runners in motion.

Carl Hiaasen

Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.

Bill Frist

In the wake of this disaster, the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida should know that the United States Congress stands ready to help them in their time of need,.

Craig Fugate

Florida feels we owe a great debt to our neighboring states.

Helen Pitts

When we got her down to Florida and started training her, it didn't look like she'd lost that much.

Caroline Kennedy

I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy.

Chris Bohjalian

My grandparents, like many genocide survivors, took most of their stories to their graves.

Brett Eldredge

I grew up listening to Frank Sinatra, riding in the car with my grandpa, and I was just intrigued by it.

Barbara Kingsolver

I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful that people are working the farms their parents and grandparents worked but aren't living nearly as well.

Jan Karon

Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.

Channing Tatum

I wanted to be able to tell my grandkids one day, "Hey, your grandpa ran into a burning building and survived."

Billy Crystal

I'm going to be your grandpa! / I have the biggest smile. / I've been waiting to meet you for such a long, long while.

William Shakespeare

Good old grandsire ... we shall be joyful of thy company.

Antony Sher

My grandparents all came from Lithuania to South Africa.

Lynn Margulis

There is no scientific reason to think that we, even with space travel, are going to survive as a species for ever, certainly not by biting off the hand that feeds us, which is exactly what we are doing.

James Paulsen

There is no message out there that rates are biting enough to shut anything down.

Malaika Arora Khan

Yes, I love the glamour industry. I love the work that I've done so far. But it's not as if I have this biting ambition to be at the top.

Italo Calvino

Writers divide into those who write biting their nails and those who don't. Some writers write licking their finger.

Scott Walker

Frankly we're a little concerned here about the popularity of the interest-only and no or low down payment loans. Everyone's situation is different, and they may be a good fit for some. But these kinds of loans can, I think, lead to people biting off more than they can chew.

Michael Owen

I joined Twitter and you read a lot of the comments. You're biting your lip and you want to reply but you know a headline will be made from it and you don't want to give people the satisfaction.

Greg Jenkins

We were running short routes all night and we saw their corners biting up,

David Hanson

Robots have gotten steadily more capable, but humans' expectations that robots should have minds keeps biting robot developers.

Virginia Postrel

Our demand for good looks, expressed in the biting comments that ensue when public figures fall short of perfection, puts enormous pressures on these individuals and may screen out the otherwise qualified. If video killed the radio star, it may also be doing away with the homely politician.